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Little Venus' Looking-glass
Triodanis biflora

Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: small Venus' looking glass.
Generic common name: VENUS LOOKING-GLASS.

Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, April 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Blue, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. 		Thumbnail Picture of Triodanis biflora




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Cleistogamous flower (a self-fertilizing flower that does not open.)
I have not seen the tiny blue flowers that open here in the Santa Monica Mountains, but others have.



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Detailed description from UCLA website (in PDF format)



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